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This thesis has been written with several goals in
mind. The first purpose has been to inform the reader
about the life of Charles Ives and the influences he
experienced that gave him the impetus to experiment and
write music of a nature thirty years ahead of its time,
while the rest of the world was basking in the waning light
of Romanticism. The second purpose has been to describe in
a short space general characteristics that may be found
throughout the entire musical output of Ives. The third
purpose has been to analyze in greater detail the major
portion of his contributions to piano literature, the three
piano sonatas, so that the student may better understand
the complexities which will face him in performance of
these compositions.
Perhaps the strongest motivation for the present study
has been the hope that it might induce more students to be
explorers themselves and become familiar with this music of
Ives. Certainly there could be no harm in accepting the
challenge presented by this music. The conquering of its
manifold difficulties would broaden and deepen the under-
standing of any musician who might put forth the effort
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Harer, Carolyn Bertha. Charles Ives and a Stylistic Analysis of his Three Piano Sonatas, thesis, 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97073/m1/3/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .